Live auction - brm_808298 - CAECILIA Denier

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	133 €
Maximum bid :	133 €
End of the sale :	25 April 2023 14:37:56
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 127 AC.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,84 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie sur un flan court, ovale, centré. Très joli portrait. Revers agréable. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B.29 (Caecilia) - BMC/RR.1145 pl. 29/19 - CRR.480 a (2) - RRC.263 /1 - RSC.29 - RCV.139 (256$) - CMDRR.205 - MRR.997

Obverse

Obverse legend : ROMA.

Obverse description : Tête casquée de Rome à droite, coiffée du casque ailé ; sous le menton, marque de valeur (XVI) en monogramme.

Obverse translation : “Roma”, (Rome).

Reverse

Reverse legend : M. METELLVS. Q. F..

Reverse description : Bouclier macédonien dans une couronne de laurier, orné en son centre d’une tête d’éléphant.

Reverse translation : “Marcus Metellus Quinti Filius”, (Marc Metellus fils de Quintus).

Commentary

Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de quarante-quatre coins de droit et de cinquante-cinq coins de revers.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of forty-four right dies and fifty-five reverse dies.